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Linux Falls Hard on Steam After Record 5% Milestone
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this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2026
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The Steam data is pretty noisy. We got a big spike two months ago and now the anomaly went away. The import part is to pay attention to the trend, something that is quite the oppose of "falls hard":
Great observation!
The anomaly itself even looks periodical and March related.
But the trend goes brrrr!
Why is english-only higher than the sum?
It's percentages, with English speakers using Linux at 2x the rate of the world average. The world average is mostly drug down down by China, which has almost 0% Linux use.
Some of that gets more apparent when you see all the different graphs here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/
Oohhh thank you!
Yeah it's the toe of a sigmoid curve. We're entering the early adopter phase roughly.
Funny to read this when I've been using Linux for over 20 years
I've been using it for about 8 years myself, but I think it actually is this time? It's got a pretty obvious exponential increase shape, it's just spread out.
We will be 80 and still looking at the charts going "It is the year of the Linux desktop yet?"
The year of the Linux desktop is already there for me. There is more and on a better foundation than I ever thought would happen when I started using it. Personally, I miss nothing.
Well aware that this isn't the case for everyone.
Thats a positive trend and we still have the Steam Machine ahead of us. The writing is on the wall.
Which comes at the worst possible time price wise ๐ฅบ damn AI bubble
It still sold out ๐
What sold out?
Woops, the Steam Deck sold out. I bet the Steam Machine will to.
You had me shitting bricks. I'll be damned if I don't get my hands on a Gabe Cube and Gabe Goggles.
I'll get a steam frame even at the inflated prices... It runs linux, seems quite open, and it not made by facebook. I'm already sold on just that. I also fear though it'll sell out almost immediately ๐
And I predict the Steam Frame will sell out as well. Unless they implement some unprecedented preorder system or something.